--- name: "Richard Boone" canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-boone" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 June 1917" died: "10 January 1981" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 49 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T03:35:50.102897+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Richard Boone Actor. Born 18 June 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 10 January 1981. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 June 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA - **Died:** 10 January 1981 - **Active:** 1953–1960 - **Also known as:** Richard Allen Boone, ریچارد بون - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 49, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 48 (1), 1960s 52 (2) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1277018, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0095524/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16420 ## Biography Richard Boone was an American actor. Born in Los Angeles in 1917, he served in the United States Navy during the Second World War before studying acting at the Actors Studio in New York using the G.I. Bill. He made his screen debut in 1951 and appeared in over 50 films. Boone played Pontius Pilate in *The Robe* (1953) and took supporting roles in Westerns including *The Tall T* (1957), *Hombre* (1967) and *Big Jake* (1971). He starred as Paladin in the television series *Have Gun – Will Travel* (1957–1963). Boone died in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1981. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these - *The Alamo* (1960), Fi1m 50, as Gen. Sam Houston — [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md) - *The Robe* (1953), Fi1m 48, as Pontius Pilate — [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), Fi1m 55, as Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md) ## Complete filmography (67) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *John Wayne's 'The Alamo'* (1992), as Sam Houston - *The Bushido Blade* (1981), as Matthew Perry - *Winter Kills* (1979), as Keifitz - *The Big Sleep* (1978), as Lash Cansino - *The Hobbit* (1977), as Smaug (voice) - *The Last Dinosaur* (1977), as Masten Thrust Jr. - *The Shootist* (1976), as Mike Sweeney - *God's Gun* (1976), as The Sheriff - *Against a Crooked Sky* (1975), as Russian - *The Great Niagara* (1974), as Aaron Grant - *Goodnight, My Love* (1972), as Francis Hogan - *The Century Turns* (1972), as Hec Ramsey - *Deadly Harvest* (1972), as Anton Solca - *Hec Ramsey* (1972), series, as Hec Ramsey - *In Broad Daylight* (1971), as Tony Chappel - *Big Jake* (1971), as John Fain - *Madron* (1970), as Madron - *The Kremlin Letter* (1970), as Ward - *The Arrangement* (1969), as Sam Arness - *The Night of the Following Day* (1969), as Leer - *Kona Coast* (1968), as Capt. Sam Moran · Executive Producer - *Cimarron Strip* (1967), series, as Sergeant Bill Disher - *Hombre* (1967), as Cicero Grimes - *The War Lord* (1965), as Bors - *Rio Conchos* (1964), as Lassiter - *The Richard Boone Show* (1963), series, Director - *A Thunder of Drums* (1961), as Capt. Stephen Maddocks - *The Alamo* (1960), as Gen. Sam Houston — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-alamo.md) - *Ocean's Eleven* (1960), as Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-eleven-1960.md) - *The Right Man* (1960), as Abraham Lincoln - *I Bury the Living* (1958), as Robert Kraft - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, as Paladin · Director - *The Garment Jungle* (1957), as Artie Ravidge - *Lizzie* (1957), as Dr. Neal Wright - *The Tall T* (1957), as Frank Usher - *Away All Boats* (1956), as Lieut. Fraser - *Star in the Dust* (1956), as Sam Hall - *Battle Stations* (1956), as The Captain - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *The Big Knife* (1955), as Narrator (Voice) - *Frontier* (1955), series, as Everett Brayer - *Robbers' Roost* (1955), as Hank Hays - *Man Without a Star* (1955), as Steve Miles - *Ten Wanted Men* (1955), as Wick Campbell - *Climax!* (1954), series, as Col. William Hughes, David Neff, Jarech, Detective Ed Brooks - *Medic* (1954), series, as Dr. Konrad Styner - *Dragnet* (1954), as Capt .James E. Hamilton - *The Raid* (1954), as Capt. Lionel Foster - *The Siege at Red River* (1954), as Brett Manning - *Beneath the 12-Mile Reef* (1953), as Thomas Rhys - *Vicki* (1953), as Lt. Ed Cornell - *The Robe* (1953), as Pontius Pilate — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md) - *City of Bad Men* (1953), as John Ringo - *Man on a Tightrope* (1953), as Krofta - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Abraham Lincoln - *Way of a Gaucho* (1952), as Major Salinas - *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Local Press - *Kangaroo* (1952), as John W. Gamble - *Return of the Texan* (1952), as Rod Murray - *Red Skies of Montana* (1952), as Richard 'Dick' Dryer - *The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel* (1951), as Capt. Hermann Aldinger - *Call Me Mister* (1951), as Mess Sergeant - *Halls of Montezuma* (1951), as Lt. Col. Gilfillan - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Saxon, Vincent Giel - *The Front Page* (1949), series, as Wilson - *Suspense* (1949), series, as Mercer - *Studio One* (1948), series, as John Wesley Hardin ## Gallery - ![Photo of Richard Boone from a 1959 role on the television program The United States Steel Hour](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-fbf8a1dfac8b.jpg) Photo of Richard Boone from a 1959 role on the television program The United States Steel Hour — United States Steel Corporation, the show's sponsor., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Richard_Boone_1959.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Richard Boone](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-7d9798ee333e.jpg) Richard Boone — CBS, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Richard_Boone_1957_CBS_publicity.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Richard Boone from the television program The Richard Boone Show. (1963)](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-c0457b0ba2f5.jpg) Photo of Richard Boone from the television program The Richard Boone Show. (1963) — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Richard_Boone_1963.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Richard Boone as Paladin from the television program Have Gun, Will Travel. (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-00224334f772.jpg) Photo of Richard Boone as Paladin from the television program Have Gun, Will Travel. (1962) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Richard_Boone_Paladin_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Richard Boone](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-a0255359d28c.jpg) Richard Boone — Image via TMDB - ![Richard Boone](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-46886d5de3a8.jpg) Richard Boone — Image via TMDB - ![Richard Boone](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-c089529e6abc.jpg) Richard Boone — Image via TMDB - ![Photo of Richard Boone as Paladin and guest star Patricia Medina from the television program Have Gun, Will Travel. (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-cd286ec1b838.jpg) Photo of Richard Boone as Paladin and guest star Patricia Medina from the television program Have Gun, Will Travel. (1960) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Patricia_Medina_Richard_Boone_Have_Gun_Will_Travel_1960.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Richard Boone as Paladin and guest star Christine White from the television program Have Gun – Will Travel. The two cook over a campfire as they plan h (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/1079691/gallery-ee1ffd45bf8e.jpg) Photo of Richard Boone as Paladin and guest star Christine White from the television program Have Gun – Will Travel. The two cook over a campfire as they plan h (1958) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Richard_Boone_Christine_White_Have_Gun_Will_Travel_1958.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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